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Simplified STEM Activities Help Fill Gap for Online, Remote, Hybrid Learning

March 16, 2020 10:00 AM

Science Buddies has more than 200 free science and engineering activities teachers can use in preparing for classroom, remote, hybrid, or pod learning. This activity with balloons is one of 200+ activities available at Science Buddies that can be used for classroom, remote, hybrid, and pod learning - or in afterschool and out-of-school programs Science Buddies has more than 200 free science activities that offer fun, easy-to-follow, informal STEM… Read more

Thinking Through the Shift to Online Learning for STEM

March 12, 2020 10:00 AM

Are you one of the many educators around the U.S. thinking about what it will take to successfully shift your classes to online distance learning in the event of school closures due to COVID-19? Science Buddies has suggestions and strategies for taking existing lessons and adapting them for remote learning. The World Health Organization (WHO) has now officially (March 11, 2020) labeled COVID-19 a pandemic, a designation that reflects, specifically, the… Read more

Explore Coding and Electronics with Raspberry Pi

March 4, 2020 6:00 AM

The Raspberry Pi Projects Kit offers a customizable set of activities for progressive learning. Students use Scratch to write computer programs and combine those programs with circuits and sensors for interactive fun. Above: Girls at a GirlSPARC event working on hands-on coding and electronics projects with Raspberry Pi. The Raspberry Pi Projects Kit from Science Buddies works with a series of eight interactive activities that combine computer… Read more

16 Women in Engineering to Learn More About

March 2, 2020 6:00 AM

March is Women's History Month! Learn more about women engineers and inventors in science history and get inspired by these 16 scientists! Women's History Month: 16 Engineers to learn more about! Update! Our Women's History post has been updated for 2021. The engineers from this page are now part of our larger Women in STEM! More than 60 Scientists and Engineers post. As part of Women's History Month, we put together the Women in STEM! More than… Read more

STEM is for Everyone: Ralph Braun, Engineer

February 18, 2020 6:00 AM

Improving mobility for himself and then people around the world became a life-long mission for this inventor and engineer. For Ralph Braun, diagnosed with muscular dystrophy1 as a child, mobility was a personal challenge that became the cornerstone of his career as an engineer. Braun's story reinforces the way engineers identify a need and then innovate and iterate to design, develop, test, and improve solutions. Sometimes the problem an engineer sets… Read more

Teacher Puts Black History Month on the Door to Science Class

February 13, 2020 6:00 AM

This teacher is emphasizing Black History Month in STEM education and helping students learn more about scientists and engineers every time they walk through the door to her classroom. February is Black History Month, but the month also includes Valentine's Day and Heart Health Awareness. All of these observances offer opportunities for educators to make science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) connections with students of all… Read more

3 STEM Projects for Valentine's Day

February 4, 2020 6:00 AM

Put Valentine's Day-themed candies to use in science class with one of these fun hands-on STEM activities. Conversation hearts, candies, and a robot that delivers! It is easy to give a Valentine's Day spin to hands-on science and engineering activities with students. Candies in Valentine's Day colors work well for a range of science projects, and many engineering projects can be recast for Valentine's Day by making colored papers, tape, and craft… Read more

Hypothesis Trouble: What to do when a science project fails

January 20, 2020 6:00 AM

Students working on school science and science fair projects need to be reminded that it is okay for a hypothesis to turn out wrong. The learning that happens during the experiment, data collection, and analysis is important even when things turn out differently than expected. Plus, try these 5 steps to help troubleshoot a failed science project. When your students start their science projects, the goal isn't simply to prove their hypothesis… Read more

Best of STEM Resources in 2019

January 2, 2020 6:00 AM

STEM education has never been more exciting and more fun than it was in 2019. Here's a look back at what was hot, popular, and most-used this year by K-12 teachers, students, and families. Thank you for being a part of Science Buddies in 2019! We are excited about STEM education in 2020! P.S. Don't miss our special recap of educator success stories from 2019, A Look Back at 2019's STEM Teacher Successes. Read more

STEM is for Everyone: Farida Bedwei, a Computer Scientist with Cerebral Palsy

December 9, 2019 6:00 AM

Farida Bedwei's interest in computers started with a manual typewriter. Today, she is CEO of a software company she co-founded. Her cerebral palsy has not stopped her from excelling in STEM, and with a comic book about a superhero with a disability, she is a powerful advocate for girls in STEM and students with disabilities. Farida Bedwei, co-founder and Chief Technology Officer of Logiciel, a microfinance software company in Ghana, is an inspiring… Read more

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